Ecclesiastes 2:21

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

ASV Byzantine Text

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Asang Khongca Bible

Kami mah palunghahaih, panoekhaih, thoemhaih hoi toksah tih, toe a tawnh ih hmuennawk to toksah ai kami hanah ni caehtaak boih tih. Hae hmuen doeh azom pui ah oh moe, kalen koek tahamsethaih ah ni oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Hlang bangla cueihnah neh, mingnah neh, thoemthainah neh thakthaenah la om. Tedae amah ham aka thakthae pawt hlang te khaw a khoyo a paek. He khaw a honghi neh thae tangkik mai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hlang bangla cueihnah neh, mingnah neh, thoemthainah neh thakthaenah la om. Tedae amah ham aka thakthae pawt hlang te khaw a khoyo a paek. He khaw a honghi neh thae tangkik mai.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

No ka mea, aia no ke kanaka nana e hana ma ka naauao, a me ke akamai, a me ka pomaikai, aka, e waiho no oia i kana i ke kanaka nana i hana ole i keia mau mea, i hooilina nona. He mea lapuwale keia, a me ka luhi hewa.

English Berean Standard Bible

When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Wi, yon nonm fè travay li avèk lespri, avèk konesans, avèk ladrès. Apre sa, se pou l' pati kite l' pou yon lòt ki pa leve ni lou ni lejè nan travay la. Sa a tou, sa pa vo anyen. Sa pa bon menm.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Nam cum alius laboret in sapientia, et doctrina, et sollicitudine, homini otioso quæsita dimittit; et hoc ergo vanitas et magnum malum.

Bible in Basic English

Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Car il y a tel homme qui a travaillé avec sagesse, et avec connaissance, et avec droiture , et qui laisse [ce qu’il a acquis] à un homme qui n’y a pas travaillé, pour être son partage. Cela aussi est vanité et un grand mal.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Mnohý zajisté člověk pracuje moudře, uměle a spravedlivě, a však jinému, kterýž nepracoval o tom, nechává toho za podíl jemu, ješto i to jest marnost a bídná věc.

Kosraean Bible

Kom orekmakin lalmwetmet, etauk, ac pisrla lom nufon in orala sie ma, na kom ac filiya nu sin sie su tia wi orekma kac. Wanginna sripa, ac tia pac suwohs!

World Portuguese Bible

Pois há homem cujo trabalho é feito com sabedoria, com conhecimento e com habilidade; contudo, ele deixará a sua porção a um homem que não trabalhou por ela. Isso também é vaidade e um grande mal.

Romanian BTF Bible

Pentru că este un om a cărui muncă este în înțelepciune și în cunoaștere și în echitate; totuși unui om care nu a muncit în acestea va lăsa el aceasta ca partea lui. Și aceasta este deșertăciune și un mare rău.

Brenton English Septuagint

For there is such a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; yet this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil.

Burmese Common Language Bible

အကြောင်းမူကား၊ ပညာရှိလျက် သိပ္ပံအတတ် နှင့် ပြည့်စုံလျက်၊ အမှုအောင်လျက် ကြိုးစားအားထုတ် သောသူဖြစ်သော်လည်း၊ မကြိုးစား၊ အားမထုတ်သောသူ ဝင်စရာဘို့ ထိုအမှုကိုစွန့်ထားရမည်။ ထိုအမှုအရာသည် လည်း အနတ္တအမှု၊ အလွန်ဆိုးသောအမှုဖြစ်၏။

Darby Translation

For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Denn da ist ein Mensch, dessen Mühe mit Weisheit und mit Kenntnis und mit Tüchtigkeit geschieht: und doch muß er sie einem Menschen als sein Teil abgeben, der sich nicht darum gemüht hat. Auch das ist Eitelkeit und ein großes Übel. -

Dutch Bible 1917

Want er is een mens, wiens arbeid in wijsheid, en in wetenschap, en in geschiktheid is; nochtans zal hij dien overgeven tot zijn deel, aan een mens, die daaraan niet gearbeid heeft. Dit is ook ijdelheid en een groot kwaad.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Want wie met wijsheid, verstand en beleid heeft gewerkt, Moet het achterlaten aan hem, die er geen moeite voor deed. Ook dat is ijdelheid en een grote ramp.

Italian Diodati Bible

Perciocchè vi è tale uomo, la cui fatica sarà stata con sapienza, con conoscimento, e con dirittura; il quale pur la lascia per parte a chi non s'è affaticato intorno. Anche questo è vanità, e gran molestia.

Douay-Rheims 1899

For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so this also is vanity, and a great evil.

Geneva Bible 1599

For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shall he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.

Noyes Bible

For there is a man whose labor has been with wisdom and knowledge and skill; yet to a man who hath not labored for it must he leave it as his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Danish Bible 1931

thi der har et Menneske gjort sig. Flid med Visdom, Kundskab og Dygtighed, og så må han overlade sit Eje til et Menneske, som ikke har lagt Flid derpå. Også det er Tomhed og et stort Onde.

Leeser Tanakh

For there is many a man whose toil is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and with energy; yet to a man that hath not toiled therefore must he give it as his portion. Also this is vanity and a great evil.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

King James Version

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

King James Version + Apocrypha

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Vì có người làm công việc mình cách khôn ngoan, thông sáng, và tài giỏi, rồi phải để lại làm cơ nghiệp cho kẻ chẳng hề lao khổ làm đến. Điều đó cũng là một sự hư không và một sự tai nạn lớn.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Revised West Version

He ʻoku ai ʻae tangata ʻoku fai ʻene ngāue ʻi he poto, mo e ʻilo, pea mo e totonu; ka te ne tuku pe ia ko e ʻinasi ʻo ha tangata ʻoku ʻikai ngāue ki ai. Ko e vaʻinga foki eni, pea ko e kovi lahi.

French Ostervald Bible

Car tel homme a travaillé avec sagesse, science et succès, et il laisse tout en partage à un homme qui n'y a point travaillé. Cela aussi est une vanité et un grand mal.

Esperanto Bible

Ĉar ofte oni vidas homon, kiu laboras en saĝo, scienco, kaj talento, kaj li devas fordoni sian akiron al homo, kiu ne laboris por ĝi; ĉi tio ankaŭ estas vantaĵo kaj granda malbono.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Car tel homme a travaillé avec sagesse et science et avec succès, et il laisse le produit de son travail à un homme qui ne s’en est point occupé. C’est encore là une vanité et un grand mal.

German Luther Bible 1912

Denn es muß ein Mensch, der seine Arbeit mit Weisheit, Vernunft und Geschicklichkeit getan hat, sie einem andern zum Erbteil lassen, der nicht daran gearbeitet hat. Das ist auch eitel und ein großes Unglück.

LXX2012 U. S. English

For there is such a man that his labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; yet this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil.

British English Septuagint 2012

For there is such a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; yet this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil.

Majority Standard BIble

When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.

Webster Bible

For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored in it, shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Revised Version

For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Poiché, ecco un uomo che ha lavorato con saviezza, con intelligenza e con successo e lascia il frutto del suo lavoro in eredità a un altro, che non v’ha speso intorno alcuna fatica! Anche questo è vanità, e un male grande.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Un homme travaille avec sagesse, connaissance et habileté, puis il doit laisser le fruit de son travail en partage à quelqu'un qui n'y a pris aucune peine. Cela aussi est vanité et un grand mal.

Reina Valera 1909

¡Que el hombre trabaje con sabiduría, y con ciencia, y con rectitud, y que haya de dar su hacienda á hombre que nunca trabajó en ello! También es esto vanidad y mal grande.

Spanish BLL

Pues hay quienes trabajan con sabiduría, conocimiento y rectitud, para luego dejarle todo a alguien que no hizo ningún esfuerzo. ¡Esto también es vanidad y una gran injusticia!

Spanish Free Bible for the World

¡Que un hombre trabaje con sabiduría, con ciencia y con rectitud, y que tenga que dejar su hacienda a otro que nunca trabajó en ella! Esto también es vanidad y un mal muy grande.

Croatian Bible

Jer čovjek se trudi mudro i umješno i uspješno, pa sve to mora ostaviti u baštinu drugomu koji se oko toga nije uopće trudio. I to je ispraznost i velika nevolja.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Jer ima ljudi koji se trude mudro i razumno i pravo, pa to ostavljaju u deo drugom koji se nije trudio oko toga. I to je taština i veliko zlo.

German Textbibel

Denn hat einer seine Arbeit mit Weisheit und Einsicht und Tüchtigkeit gethan, so muß er sie einem Menschen, der sich nicht darum gemüht hat, zum Besitz überlassen: auch das ist eitel und ein großes Übel.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

For there is such a man that his labor Is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; Yet this man shall give his portion To one who has not labored therein. This is also vanity and great evil.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

כִּי־יֵ֣שׁ אָדָ֗ם שֶׁעֲמָל֛וֹ בְּחָכְמָ֥ה וּבְדַ֖עַת וּבְכִשְׁר֑וֹן וּלְאָדָ֞ם שֶׁלֹּ֤א עָֽמַל־בּוֹ֙ יִתְּנֶ֣נּוּ חֶלְק֔וֹ גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וְרָעָ֥ה רַבָּֽה׃